Checkrein-hook for gig-saddles.



PATENTED APR, '7, 1903,

0. STACK. V OHEGKREIN HOOK FOR GIG SADDLES.

7 APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

:1 o .r. u a U e Ca r5 SZQ Z' Qtfouwq S 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE- CARL STACK, OF WIN DFALL, INDIANA.

CHECKRElN-HOOK FOWR Gl-G-SADDLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 724,751, dated April 7, 1903.

' Application filed August 20,1902. Serial No. 120,395. aromas.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CARL STAG-K, a citizen of the United States, residing at Windfall, in

the county of Tipton and State of Indiana,

have invented certain new and useful Im and which will grip the same at any pointand admit of said check-line being easily and.

quickly released and made fast.

Fora full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a gig-saddle, showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section, the full lines showing the position of the operating-lever when the check-line is gripped and the dotted lines showing the positionof the operating-lever when the checkline is released. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the loop and support therefor divested of the operating-lever and spring-actuated grip. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the grip and actuated spring.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. 7

The invention is applicable to any style of gig-saddle and is adapted to be secured there to in any convenient way and comprises a loop 1, operating-lever 2, grip 3, and spring 4. The loop 1 comprises a standard of approximately U form and may be attached to the gig-saddle inany substantial and advantageous manner and, as shown, is fixed to the saddle 5, which forms a support therefor.

is provided with the grip 3, which consists of an arched plate, the bent ends of whichare adapted to bearupon the check-line 9 and clamp it between the grip and the saddle or part 5, carrying the loop 1. The upper rear end of the spring is bifurcated or slotted for Y a short distance from its extremity, the bi-' furcations having crimps or short bends 10 to enter the slot 6 and extend over the pin 7 at the sides of the operating-lever 2 and hold said pin within said slot 6. The pin 7 is held in place'by the spring, and the latter in turn has its position fixed by means of the said pin, each contributing to hold the other against casual displacement.

The operating-lever 2 is provided with a camhead 11 and is mounted upon the pin 7 and operates in the cut-away portion 8 and in the slot or space formed between the bifurcations at the upper rear endof the spring. The operating lever curves downward throughout its length to conform approximately to the curvature of the saddle 5, so as to be out of the way andpresent a neat appearance, and its rear end ,is flattened to provide a finger-rest.

7 The check-line 9. is clamped between the grip 3 and the part 5.and is adapted to be held at any adjusted position, since it is not necessary to provide openings at stated intervals for the reception of an engaging, stud or tongue, as generally required in devices of this kind. When the rear end of the operating-lever is thrown upward, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, the check-line is released, and when pressed downward, as shown by the full lines in said figure, the check-line is gripped and firmly held.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In acheck-line holder, asupport, astandard of approximately U shape projected upward from said support, a spring bent to form a loop and having its upper member attached to the horizontal portion of the aforesaid standard and having its lower member provided with a grip for clamping the check-line,

provided with a grip for clamping the checkline upon said support, an operating-lever for actuating the free end of the spring, and a pin forming a support for the operating-lever and serving to secure the spring to the loop and in turn held in place by said spring, substantially as specified.

3. In acheck-line holder, asnpport, astandard of approximately U shape projected upward therefrom, a spring bent to form a loop and comprising upper and lower members, the upper member being attached to the horizontal portion of the standard, a grip applied to the lower member of the spring and approximately of arch form, and an operatinglever fulcrumed to the horizontal portion of the standard and adapted to cause the members of the grip to take hold of the check-line, substantially as described.

t. In a check-line holder, a support, a loop projected therefrom having its horizontal por tion slotted, a spring comprising upper and lower members, the latter provided with a grip and the former having its rear portion slotted and the separated parts crimped to enter the slotted portion of the loop, an operating-lever, and a pin forming a support for the operating-lever and fitted in the slotted portion of the loop and within the crimps of the spring, substantially as set forth.

5. In a check-line holder, a support, a loop projected therefrom having its horizontal portion slotted and one of the bars bordering upon the slotcut away intermediate of its ends, a spring comprising upper and lower parts, the latter provided with a grip and the upper part having its rear portion slotted and having the parts bordering upon the slot crimped to enter the slotted portion of the loop, an operating-lever arranged to move in the slot ofthe spring and the cut-away portion of the loop, and a pin forminga support for the operating-lever and entering the slotted portion of the loop and the crimped portions of the spring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL STACK. [L. s.] Witnesses:

FRANK W. CHAMBERLAIN, ALBERT WHISLER. 

